Kiera Staude

Position:
Defender
Height:
5-8
Class:
Sophomore
High School:
Westminster
Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.
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CSC Academic All-District Team (2024)
Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI Second Team (2023)
SEC All-Freshman Team (2023)
SEC Tournament Champion (2023)
SEC Academic Honor Roll (2023, 2024)
UGA Presidential Scholar (2023, 2024)

2024: Played in 21 matches with 18 starts, tallying 1,439 minutes...Member of Georgia backline that allowed only 22 shots, a .073 shooting percentage, and nine shutouts...Tallied three shots on frame...Named to College Sports Communicators Academic All-District Team...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll, Dean's List, and J. Reid Parker Director of Athletics Honor Roll...Recipient of the Stephanie Yarem Ransom Soccer Scholarship.

2023: Named to Top Drawer Soccer Freshman Best XI Second Team...Ranked No. 33 on Top Drawer Soccer Postseason Top 100 Freshman List...Named to SEC All-Freshman Team...Played and started in all 23 matches, tallying 1,834 minutes...Ranked fourth on team in minutes - third among field players...Member of Georgia backline that allowed only 24 goals, a .105 opponent shooting percentage, and tallied eight shutouts...Assisted Aly Akers on goal against San Francisco (Sept. 17)...Scored winning goal against Liberty in NCAA Tournament First Round (Nov. 10)...Tallied eight shots with two on frame...Ranked No. 10 on Top Drawer Soccer Midseason Top 100 Freshman List, the highest-ranked player in the SEC...Named to SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll...Named to J. Reid Parker Director of Athletic Honor Roll, earning Presidential Scholars honors with 4.0 GPA and 14+ hours in both semesters.

Prior to Georgia: Played for The Westminster Schools and Concorde Fire 04/05 Platinum ECNL…Selected to 2022 and 2023 United Soccer Coaches All-Atlantic Region Team and United Soccer Coaches Scholar All-America Team…Named to 2022 Just Women’s Sports Soccer All-America Second Team…Named to GACA All-State Class 4A First Team…Named to 2022 Georgia HS Soccer Super XI and Georgia HS Soccer All-State Team…Helped lead Westminster to 2023 Class 4A state championship and consecutive Class 3A state championships…Helped Concorde Fire win 2022 ECNL U18/19 national championship…Named team defensive player of the year…Named to All-Region team for varsity basketball during freshman, sophomore, and senior seasons.

National: Invited to USWNT U20 Camp twice in 2025...Selected to 2023 United States U-19 Women’s National Team Domestic Training Camp…Invited to 2021 USYNT Regional Identification Center in Columbia, S.C. and multiple USYNT Identification Local Centers…Selected for USWNT U17 player pool…Invited to US U15 GNT domestic training camp and national ID Camp.

Personal: Born on March 30, 2005…Daughter of Alisa and Greg Staude…Mother played basketball at Oakland University and Saginaw Valley State University…Sister, Talia, plays for North Carolina Courage after collegiate career at Virginia…Majoring in Accounting.